W.PR.05.02 apply a variety of pre-writing strategies for both narrative and informational writing (e.g., graphic organizers such as maps, webs, Venn diagrams) in order to generate, sequence, and structure ideas (e.g., role and relationships of characters, settings, ideas, relationship of theory/evidence, or compare/contrast).
METS-S/NETS-T
METS: Content Standard 3: Use technologies to organize thoughts in a logical process (voice, data, video, graphics, etc).
Essential Questions:
What students need to know?
What does it mean to pre-write?
Why is it important to brainstorm/pre-write?
What are different kinds of graphic organizers?
Objectives:
Students will create a creately graphic organizer by dragging and placing shapes on the appropriate area. They will use there graphic organizers to write a short story with their group using paper and pencil.
Tools and Resources:
Computer
Internet
Creatly.com
Jing video
Smart board
Pencil/paper
Rationale:
To become good writers students will need to develop pre-writing skills that will allow them to express their ideas in an organized manner.
Sequence of Activities:
Anticipatory Questions/Activity:
Tell students that they will work collaboratively as a class to write a short three paragraph story (or one page). The story will however have to include famous fairy tale characters and plots (to create a mixed-up fairy tale story). The class will have to decide on a way to organize everyone’s ideas (i.e. lists, web, or charts).
Body of Lesson Plan: Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
Read the story after students have generated their ideas in an organized manner. The story will give a more clear idea of what is expected.
Segment #2
(Factual information/Vocab
Includes sample feedback loop)
Teacher Question: How do you organize your ideas for a paper you will have to write? Student Response: I make a list of things I want to include in my paper in the order I want to write them in. or make a van diagram if I need to compare and contrast things. (Answers will vary). Teacher Question: What does it mean to brainstorm? Student Response: To write all your ideas down for your paper and then decide what you would like to actually use. Teacher Question: What are some different types of brainstorming methods? Student Response: van diagrams, story maps, lists, cluster webs.
Teacher Question: Where do you think fairy tales originated from? Student Response: they were passed down from generations. Teacher Question: What are some other words for fairy tales? Student Response: fables, wise tales, folktales. Teacher Question: What are famous fairy tales that have been told, re-told, and even changed? Student Response: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Ridding Hood.
Teacher will have creatly.com open up on the smart board so students can use/practice using the website. Students one by one will come up to the smart board to put down their ideas in the brainstorming organizer that was chosen by the class.
Groups of three to four students will work together to create a three paragraph story.
Segment #4
(Detailed directions on how to complete activity)
Start with anticipatory set.
Explain to students that in groups that they will create a short story about a mixed-up fairy tale.
T: A mixed up fairy tale is using characters and plots from all different stories and making one new cohesive story line.
Next, prompt students to the smart board where they will use and practice on creatly.com for the first time.
Have a discussion with the students that before they can begin to write a story they need to organize their thoughts in some logical way.
T: Before we start to write our story we must come up with a way to organize our ideas. Since we need to incorporate everyone’s idea, what would be a simple way to do so? (After a class discussion we would determine a chart would be the best way. Split into sub categories of; main characters, plots, and themes. All which relate back to a fairy tale.)
Next explain to the students that they will be using a new tool called creatly. Show students a brief tutorial while creating the chart they will soon be generating their ideas on.
After the chart is created have students come to the smart board to drag boxes and write their idea in one of the categories.
For example: Cinderella under main characters. Big bad wolf under plots. And dreams come true under themes.
Read the story of Clara and the Prince’s ball.
Read the story as an example of a mixed up fairy tale. Discuss the elements that make it a mixed up fairy tale and also discuss some of the different fairy tale characters and plots presented in the story. Which fairy tale story did it start off with, which did it end with?
T: Clara lives with her evil stepmother and sisters. Which character does she represent (Cinderella)? Later she meets a wolf while delivering goods to her grandmother, does this really happen in the story of Cinderella?
Split students into groups.
Split students into groups of three to four (depends on class size). Explain to them as a group they will create a three paragraph (one page) mixed up fairy tale story. Pass out the rubric to each group.
Keep class made chart up on smart board for quick reference.
Allow each group 10-15 minutes on a computer to create their own graphic organizer on creatly.com.
Have the URL to a pre-made Jing video on a tutorial on how to use at set up a creatly account also on the smart board.
After the allotted time allow students to move around the classroom in their groups to begin to write their story.
Allow 45-60 minutes for students to complete this activity, from creating their graphic organizer to finishing their story.
Rubric for mixed up fairy tale
3 Excellent
2 Good
3 Below
Content
Story includes at least three different fairy tale characters. Includes a plot and a theme. Is cohesive and understandable.
Story includes at least two different fairy tale characters. Includes a plot and a theme. Is understandable.
Story includes only one fairy tale character. Includes a plot, but no theme. Is fairly understandable.
Grammar
No grammatical mistakes.
One to three grammatical mistakes.
Too many grammatical mistakes. Mistakes are distracting to reader.
Formant
Includes: Name(s), date, and title. Paragraphs are indented properly. There are at least three paragraphs 8-10 sentences long.
Includes: Name(s), date and title.
Paragraphs are indented properly.
There are at least three paragraphs.
Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
Read the story after students have generated their ideas in an organized manner. The story will give a more clear idea of what is expected.
(Factual information/Vocab
Includes sample feedback loop)
Student Response: I make a list of things I want to include in my paper in the order I want to write them in. or make a van diagram if I need to compare and contrast things. (Answers will vary).
Teacher Question: What does it mean to brainstorm?
Student Response: To write all your ideas down for your paper and then decide what you would like to actually use.
Teacher Question: What are some different types of brainstorming methods?
Student Response: van diagrams, story maps, lists, cluster webs.
Teacher Question: Where do you think fairy tales originated from?
Student Response: they were passed down from generations.
Teacher Question: What are some other words for fairy tales?
Student Response: fables, wise tales, folktales.
Teacher Question: What are famous fairy tales that have been told, re-told, and even changed?
Student Response: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Ridding Hood.
(Includes multiple intelligence strategy:
Hands-on, small groups, reteaching strategy)
Groups of three to four students will work together to create a three paragraph story.
(Detailed directions on how to complete activity)
- Explain to students that in groups that they will create a short story about a mixed-up fairy tale.
T: A mixed up fairy tale is using characters and plots from all different stories and making one new cohesive story line.- Next, prompt students to the smart board where they will use and practice on creatly.com for the first time.
- Have a discussion with the students that before they can begin to write a story they need to organize their thoughts in some logical way.
T: Before we start to write our story we must come up with a way to organize our ideas. Since we need to incorporate everyone’s idea, what would be a simple way to do so? (After a class discussion we would determine a chart would be the best way. Split into sub categories of; main characters, plots, and themes. All which relate back to a fairy tale.)- For example: Cinderella under main characters. Big bad wolf under plots. And dreams come true under themes.
Read the story of Clara and the Prince’s ball.- Read the story as an example of a mixed up fairy tale. Discuss the elements that make it a mixed up fairy tale and also discuss some of the different fairy tale characters and plots presented in the story. Which fairy tale story did it start off with, which did it end with?
T: Clara lives with her evil stepmother and sisters. Which character does she represent (Cinderella)? Later she meets a wolf while delivering goods to her grandmother, does this really happen in the story of Cinderella?Split students into groups.
Rubric for mixed up fairy tale
Paragraphs are indented properly.
There are at least three paragraphs.